Store-front and show-window structure.



D. J. MURNANE. I STORE FRONT AND SHOW WINDOW STRUCTRB.

AIPLIGATION FILED 1113.10, 1911.

1,008,985, Patented Nov.4,l911i DLNIEL Il'.

lillillllldl dlllllllih E'EYIRNANE, OF ST. LOS, LFISSBURI QTRE-FEDNT AND SHO'W-WINDOW STRUCTUR'L.

Speccation of Letters Patent. Paflgnfged Not/g lll, i911. application led February 10, 1911. Serial No. @07,8%1. i

show-Windows, andsinoilar structures which comprise out-side clamping members that bear against lthe glass and also against the v stationary .traine 1n which the glass 1s arranged.

The main ob] ect of Inypresent invention is to provide an inexpensive means of simple construction for retaining the outside clamping members in operative posit-ion. And another object is -to' provide a means of the character referred to that can be set up or arranged in operativeposition quickly and easily.v y

Figure l of the drawings is a top plan ,view of a storefront structure embodying 'y inyinvention, the glass being shown in section;v ll? ig. Qwis a front elevational view l partly in vertical section on the line 2 2 ot Fig. l 5 Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line S-Szof l; Fig. 4 is a perspective vievv i' one' o'f lthe keys or devices that is used for retaining the out- .side clamping member in position; and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view illustrating a slight Amodification or' my invention.

I have herein illustrated my invention in connection with the lower cross-piece or sill of a stationary glasssuppoting frame but it will, of course, be obvious that it 4can be usedequally Well with the side jambe, the

top sill, etc.

Referring to Figs. l to 4 of the drawings which 'illustrate the preerre l`orm of my invention, A designates the lower cross-piece of a stationaryflame in which a plate of 'glass E is arranged, and C designates blocks or other suitable devices on which the lower ge el the plate ot' glass i3 rest-s, said devices C being spaced away from each other, shown in Figs. l and 2,. and connected to the sill of the traine A by screws l or er suitable fastening devices. The upper .of the blocks C are preferably flush ledge at the rear the sill A,

.seen-'n in 3,- anci said Vblocks are pra l* engagement vfith "the sill "A.

` clamping member is ret vided with rabbets for receiving the glass, the width of the rabbeted portion of the blnclrsbeing 4greater than the thickness of the glass so, as to provide forplates of glass oi' diierent thickness.l An outside clamping member D is arranged in engagement with the outer face of the glass and in engagement with the sill or lowercross-piece of the frame A, andineans is provided or retaining said outside clamping member D in position and holding it pressed tightly against the glass and againstsaid sill` Said outside clamping member ,D may be of any preferred shape or construction but l prefer to form said member ironia piece of sheet metal. molding provided at its Vlower edge with an upwardly projeetingia-nge 2 and at its upper edge With a downwardly vprojecting flange 3 which copera't'es with one or more keys E arrangedinside fol!I the member D in engagement with the flanges 2 and 3 and provided with arms e that project inwardly beyond `the glass..v

ln the embodiment of myinvention illustratedrin Figs. 1 toy 4, the arm 4 of eachvlrey is deflected downwardly vand thence, upwardly, as shown clearly in Fig. leso as to produce aninclined suracefla, and the inner end of the arm is providedvvith a substantially L-shaped leg 5 that rests upon the sill A of the glass;supporting frame.A .A suitable fastening device,preferably screw 6, passes through elongated slots 7 kin the arm 4 and in the leg on the inner end of said arm and projects into the sillvil.; so as to hold the key E in, place and thus maintain the outside clamping member. D inoperative position. l prefertoprovidethe fastening device 6 Withfa .tapered headxawo substantially inverted ,'conical-shape,l as, shown in Fig. 3s0 that when said device 6 is forcedinto the sill A. thedhead'El thereon will coperate lwith the inclined surface Non the arm of the keyk to draw 'the outside clamping meniberlD inwardly ,intoleng'agement with the glass` and alsddownvvardly into An. inside clamping-member F "of any' preerred construction,4 is `arranged .on the inner side of .the glasaandin jthepreferredf'rm t' my invention asiherein rshown",v said inside ained rin position by means of screws or suitable fastening devices5 that project into the .blocks C on 'which the glass rests, said inside cla-Inpengagement with said member and provided 60 with an inwardly projecting'` arm in which a slot is formed, a lfastening device passing through said slot and projecting into said frame, and a`beveled surface on' said` fastening device which tends to'cause said key to 65 exert pressure on said` outside' clamping member in two different directions. y

3. In a structure of the character `described, a stationary glass-supporting frame,

an outside glass-clamping member, al key a'r- 70 ranged in engagementwith said member and provided with an inwardly projecting arm in which a slot is formed, .andla'fastening device passing through ,said slot and projecting into said -frame and provided with a 75' tapered head that engages 'said arm. I 'l Inra structure o the character de scribed, a glassfsupporting frame, an outside glass-clamping member, a lkey arranged in engagementwith said member and provided 80 with an inwardly projecting arm that has an elongated slot formed therein, a support .Y for the inner end of said arm, and a fasten- I ing device passing through-the slot in said l arm and embedded in said :tra-me. 85. 5. In a lstructur of the character 'described, a glass-supporting frame, an outside glass-clampingmember,a key arranged in engagement with said member and provided with an inwardly projecting arm that 90. has an elongated slot formed therein, a supl porting leg on the inner end of said arm, and a fastening device projecting through said slot into the frame and 4provided with a beveled head that coperates with 'the edge 95 of saidrs'lot to exert pressure on 'said key in such a direction that the outside clamp- -ing member is held rrnly in engagement v with the glass andwith the frame. I '6. In a structure of4 the character de; 180' scribed, an outside clamping member, asta- 'tionary frame which is adapted to receive' a plate of glass, la device arranged inen-1 gagement with said outside clamping mem? ber and provided with aninwardly proje'ct- 105 ing arm havingan opening formed therein, a leg on the inner end of said arm forfgsupporting same, and a fasteningv device-pass? ing through the opening in said .armand y projecting into said'frame.. i gf A110 In testimony whereof `Ihereunto aiix my. l signature in the presence of two witnesses, this seventh day of February 1911. Y "DANIEL J. MURNANE., Witnesses: if

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. w Gaiam-Berenstaing member being secured'in position after it has been adjusted or moved -into engage-- ment with the inner face of the glass.

A structure of the character described can 5l be manufactured cheaply on account of its simple construction and it is very eiicient and operates "t"lold` the lglass 'securely in position because the devices which retain the outside clamping member in position are securely connected directly to the stationary glass-supporting frame. And another advantage of such a structure is that it can'be set up or arranged'in operative position quickly and easily because no separate members'or devices have 'to be connectedto the stationary frame A for'carrying the devices whichcoperate with the-arms on the keys E to draw said keys inwardly an'ddowi'i`- p wardly, the terms inwardlyZ2 -and f downwardly of course applying only to the structure herein shown 1n which the outside glass-clamping member is. arranged longitudinally 'of thef'sillor lower cross-piece of the stationary glass-supporting frame. Instead of providing thear'ms 4 on the keys E with'nclined surfaces 4 andsuporting legs 5,'as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, the eys could be provided with straight arms 9, as shown in Fig. 5,*whose inner ends rest upon a ledge 10 or rabbeted -portion on the ame A, as shown in Fig. 5. rWhen keys of this construction are Ll:1sed,.one of the workmen on the outside of the glass, presses y the outside clamping member D inwardly and downwardly, and then a workman on the other sideof the glass secures the keys in position by inserting the fastening devices 6 through the elongated slots 7 in the arms 9 of the. keysy and forcing said devices '40 vinto the sill A, the conical-shaped heads G*1 on the fastening devices 6 operating to draw the keys inwardly and downwardly.

Having thus described my invention', what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

, v 1. In a structure of the character described, an outside clamping member, a s ta-` tional-y glass-supporting frame, a key arranged m en agement with said outside" clamping mem er and provided with an inwardly projecting arm,a fastening device embedded in rsaid stationary frame, and cooperating means on said lfastening device and arm for causing the key to force the.

clamping member tightly against the 'frame and alamst the glass arranged in the'frar ne. A

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